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It’s almost geek time, and I can’t seem to sleep. It’s going to be an exciting three days filled with Android goodness. We already know Jelly Bean is going to be announced and it’ll most likely debut on a pure Google tablet. To be honest, I’m more excited about the tablet than I am Jelly Bean.

The must have app for anyone attending Google I/O 2012 is now available. If you head over to the Google Play Store, you’ll find this free guide to all things I/O. The app is optimized for both phones and tablets running Android 2.2+ and allows users to:

Google’s VP of Product Management, Bradley Horowitz, announced that Google has partnered with Flipboard to integrate Google+ streams into the popular magazine-styled reader. Google+ will join Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and a host of other social services available on Flipboard thanks to new extended APIs. This new integration is a great step forward for users, especially those who enjoy accessing all of their social content from a single app such as Flipboard.

Okay, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say we’ll definitely see a Google Nexus tablet announced at I/O. I’m not basing this on the countless months of rumors or he said, she said, but on this next piece of hard evidence: ceiling tiles! That’s right, these ceiling tiles were captured at the famous building 44 by a device manufactured by ASUS and going by the name Google Nexus 7. I guess these ceiling tiles have sealed the deal for me, and I’m 100% convinced by the EXIF evidence found on Picasa.

At today’s Google Maps event, Google revealed a few planned features for not only Google Maps for Android (no mention of iOS), but also Google Earth for Android and iOS. The Google Maps announcement was simply offline support, and something that users have been after for years. In Google Earth news, Google announced stunning new 3D images and a new UI would be coming soon to both Android and iOS platforms.

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